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Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary
Appraisal Stage
(ESRS Appraisal Stage)
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Date Prepared/Updated: 07/15/2019 | Report No: ESRSA00220
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BASIC INFORMATION
A. Basic Project Data
Country Region Project ID Parent Project ID (if any)
Argentina LATIN AMERICA AND P170329
CARIBBEAN
Project Name Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires
Practice Area (Lead) Financing Instrument Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date
Social Protection & Jobs Investment Project 7/4/2019 8/29/2019
Financing
Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies)
Proposed Development Objective(s)
Support the transition of the electricity social tariff scheme from federal to Buenos Aires provincial level, while
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strengthening the institutional capacity of the province of Buenos Aires to implement ST delivery
Financing (in USD Million) Amount
Total Project Cost 150.00
B. Is the project being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF
Policy, para. 12?
No
C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and
Relationship to CPF]
Country Context. The current macroeconomic context in Argentina is characterized by a marked recession and
implementation of a strong fiscal consolidation program, supported by a large IMF SBA program. Since taking office in
December 2015, the Government implemented structural reforms to eliminate distortions in the economy which also
included the gradual reduction of global subsidies for public services such as electricity, gas and transport.
Nevertheless, the magnitude of the remaining macro-economic imbalances and a strong drought led to strong
pressures on the Argentina peso in April and August of 2018. In June 2018, the IMF approved a Stand-by Agreement
(SBA) for US$50 billion which was amended to US$56.3bn in October 2018, accompanied by modifications to the fiscal
and monetary program. Government also accelerated the fiscal consolidation, with a commitment to achieve a
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primary balance in 2019 and a primary surplus in 2020; and shifted the new monetary regime to one which
establishes a reference zone for the peso. The economy contracted by 2.5 percent in 2018 and is projected to further
contract by 1.2 percent in 2019 albeit signs of a bottoming-out of the recession have increased over the past week.
Sectoral and Institutional Context. Starting in 2002 and until the end of 2015, Argentina’s Government used a wide
range of subsidies to protect households and to support specific sectors of the economy. When the current
administration took office at the end of 2015, public policy tools included transfers to the private sector; revenue-
related support measures (e.g., tax exemptions and deductions); and programs aimed at supporting specific regions
(e.g., Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and La Rioja), sectors (e.g., mining), and policy objectives (e.g., supporting Small and
Medium sized Enterprises, youth entrepreneurship, and R&D).
Following the energy emergency declared by Decree No. 134 in December 2015, upstream subsidies to the electricity
sector declined and in February 2016 the federal government implemented the electricity ST to residential users. The
ST offers electricity generation cost discounts for specific residential users as well as community-based organizations.
A few months after implementation, in April 2016, more than 20 percent of users were covered by the ST. Despite the
success in quickly and effectively enrolling beneficiaries in the ST (a large majority were automatically enrolled),
important challenges remain in covering the target population due to issues in design (eligibility criteria and
information used) and implementation (constraints to identify beneficiaries due to lack of information).
Eligibility criteria for the ST were defined by the Ministry of Energy, with inputs from the National Council of Social
Policies (CNCPS). The inclusion criteria contemplate users who were retirees, pensioners, beneficiaries of non-
contributory pensions, salaried or self-employed workers with income below two minimum wages, beneficiaries of
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social programs, low productivity self-employed workers registered under the “monotributo social” scheme, war
veterans, domestic workers, beneficiaries of unemployment insurance, persons with disabilities and electricity-
dependent persons. Users who have more than one property, a car newer than ten years, a plane or a luxury boat are
excluded. Vulnerable populations living in slums part of the Conurbano (in Greater Buenos Aires) usually covered
freely through community meters under a separate scheme, Convenio Marco, governed by agreements between the
regulatory agency and electricity providers.
Eligibility criteria for the ST were defined by the Ministry of Energy, with inputs from the National Council of Social
Policies (CNCPS). Eligible users included retirees, pensioners, beneficiaries of non-contributory pensions, salaried or
self-employed workers with income below two minimum wages, beneficiaries of social programs, low productivity
self-employed workers registered under the “monotributo social” scheme, war veterans, domestic workers,
beneficiaries of unemployment insurance, persons with disabilities and electricity-dependent persons. Users who
have more than one property, a car newer than ten years, a plane or a luxury boat are excluded. Vulnerable
populations living in slums areas of the Conurbano (in Greater Buenos Aires) are usually covered freely through
community meters under a separate scheme, Convenio Marco, governed by agreements between the regulatory
agency and electricity providers.
Starting in January 2019, the regulatory and fiscal responsibilities in the energy sector were transferred from the
Federal government to provinces (Law No. 27.469, Consenso Fiscal). This has resulted in the provinces having to
commit additional resources for the payment of social electricity tariffs and requiring additional resources for
regulation of the electricity sector. Provinces have assumed this delegation through provincial laws accepting the
Consenso Fiscal (Fiscal Pact) and including the attached fiscal commitments in their own budgets 2019.
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Currently, the administration of the electricity ST in the PBA involves different federal and subnational institutions,
and an integrated monitoring system is lacking. Data to identify electricity users is collected by the subnational
regulatory agency OCEBA and the federal regulatory agency ENRE (38.5 and 61.5 percent of total users, respectively).
Electricity consumption data is hold by distribution companies and while ENRE compiles this information for EDESUR
and EDENOR, OCEBA is starting to request this information to the distribution companies. Eligibility assessment for ST
is in charge of the federal agency SINTyS, who provides the list of ST users to ENRE and OCEBA. Distribution
companies claim ST subsidies to OCEBA and ENRE monthly, and then OCEBA and ENRE compile and inform the
Directorate of Public Services for reimbursement to CAMMESA who is the distribution companies’ provider. Figure
A2.1 in Annex 2 illustrates the ST information flow.
This Project will support the Province of Buenos Aires’ authorities with the implementation and financing of the social
tariff for electricity. The project will support in the short term the transition of the ST from the federal to the
provincial government by strengthening the capacity of the PBA government to administer the ST, and to improve
identification and monitoring of its beneficiaries. In the medium term, the developed institutional capacities will help
the PBA to address major ST reforms.
The proposed lending instrument is a three-year investment project financing loan (IPF) that will finance the ST under
a disbursement linked indicators (DLIs) component, and includes a technical assistance component that will disburse
under regular procurement methods. The Project comprise three components.
The proposed Project is aligned with the Argentina Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) and the Country Partnership
Framework (CPF), which highlight the importance of ensuring a strong safety net to support those who may be hit by
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structural changes in the economy. The Project contributes to reducing poverty and increasing the welfare of the
bottom 40 percent, as the Social Tariff program can mitigate the negative impact of electricity prices increases among
the most vulnerable families.
D. Environmental and Social Overview
D.1. Project location(s) and salient characteristics relevant to the ES assessment [geographic, environmental, social]
The development objective of the Project is to support the transition of the electricity social tariff’s administration
from the federal to the provincial level. The Project aims to strengthen management and monitoring for electricity
social tariff (ST) by establishing a roadmap with key institutional and technical milestones in the short-run which
reinforce PBA capacities to assess and address major ST reforms in the mid-term. The Project will neither finance nor
support any physical intervention. The main social impacts associated with the Project are positive.
The Project will be implemented in the Province of Buenos Aires (PBA) and will include (i) a component to finance
social tariff subsidies through a scheme of disbursement link indicators (DLIs), where all the disbursements are linked
to institutional strengthening activities (e.g. the creation of a bipartite agency for ST management in AMBA, reduction
of the number of users with missing identification data, policy options for targeting criteria, among others); and (ii) a
technical assistance (TA) component, which will finance capacity building activities and sectoral studies for the
improvement of the ST scheme. Through the technical assistance component, the Project aims at founding the basis
to revert the two main issues of the current ST scheme; namely, (a) that the eligibility criteria of the ST do not focus
efficiently on the most vulnerable families by design, and (b) that the implementation arrangements face challenges
to apply the eligibility criteria effectively.
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Eligibility criteria for the ST were defined by the Ministry of Energy, with inputs from the National Council of Social
Policies (CNCPS). The inclusion criteria included users who were retirees, pensioners, beneficiaries of non-
contributory pensions, salaried or self-employed workers with income below two minimum wages, beneficiaries of
social programs, low productivity self-employed workers registered under the “monotributo social” scheme
(simplified income tax regime, for small independents workers with very low income), war veterans, domestic
workers, beneficiaries of unemployment insurance, and persons with disabilities. Users who had more than one
property, one car newer than ten years, a plane or a luxury boat are excluded. Based on eligibility criteria, the
beneficiaries are identified by the Fiscal and Social National Identification System (Sistema de Identificación Nacional
Tributario y Social, SINTyS). Vulnerable populations living in slums are usually covered freely through community
meters under a separate scheme, Convenio Marco, governed by agreements between regulatory agencies and
electricity providers.
As stated above, the eligibility criteria have weaknesses. First, the criteria for inclusion and exclusion result in the
incorporation of some non-vulnerable households and the exclusion of some vulnerable ones. They include some
groups such as formal workers and pensioners earning close to two minimum wages that are not among the most
vulnerable, and also criteria do not include low-income users who are informal workers or unemployed not entitled to
social programs. Second, the criteria are formulated on an individual -instead of a household basis and therefore are
not able to identify the vulnerability conditions accurately. As the identification mechanism (listing of service holders)
does not incorporate information about all individuals residing at the same address, the eligibility conditions are
verified only for the formal service holder (who is named on the bill). This information constraint translates into
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exclusion errors when the household member who qualifies for ST is not the holder of the service; and into inclusion
errors when other family members would be ineligible under the established criteria.
There are also challenges in applying the eligibility criteria effectively. The administrative records needed for verifying
conditions are dispersed among different governmental agencies and government levels, making access and updates
a difficult process. Therefore, when SINTyS is not able to gather these data sources in a timely and complete manner,
there are difficulties in screening users and determining their eligibility for ST. This is the case of tax information and
property registries in charge of Provinces. In addition, holders of electricity bills might not be the users. This could be
due to owners' records not being updated, a recent change in the property ownership, or residents not owning their
homes (i.e., they are tenants). Finally, the last stage of the ST process lacks institutional governance to assure that
only verified eligible users receive the benefit. There is no feedback between the information that service provider
companies receive from ENRE on users once the ST is applied.
The electricity ST scheme is mildly pro-poor by design, with half of the beneficiaries belonging to the bottom 40 and
only 2 percent to the richest decile. Among these, over half are estimated to qualify to the ST through social programs
(mostly, Universal Child Allowance - AUH), while the remaining beneficiaries within the bottom 40 receive ST due to
low earnings or pensions, in equal proportions. In terms of amount, it is estimated that around 47 percent of the ST
are accrued by the poorest two quintiles. The average ST reaches around 43 percent of the electricity bill, with a
higher proportion for the worse-off households. This reduction in the bill represents around 4 percent of the incomes
for those families in the poorest deciles, while only 0.4 percent for those in the richest decile. Women represent 70
percent of ST users in PBA. Main inclusion categories for ST are retirees and CCT beneficiaries, who both concentrate
72.4 percent of ST users. Women represent 68 percent and 83 percent of ST users in those categories, respectively.
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Continued support (through the Social Tariff) to vulnerable populations, in risk of extreme weather events enhanced
by climate change, in coordination with a whole set of comprehensive policies, is key to continue supporting these
populations and allow for the reduction of climate risks and increased adaptation.
D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity
The PBA has some capacity to manage the ST scheme and represents a strong case for improving the effective
coverage of electricity ST. The transition positions PBA as a leading case for other Provinces: ST beneficiaries in the
PBA reach 1.4 million electricity users, with the total subsidy amount representing 0.12 percent of GPP. The PBA has
adequately trained and qualified staff at the Provincial Directorate of Subsidies and OCEBA.
The PBA is signing data sharing agreements with national entities while the final institutional arrangements are still
being designed. Thus, in the upcoming challenge related to implementation, the PBA engages in improving the
identification strategy of eligible customers, laying stepping stones to further design upgrades. Advancements made
by the PBA could turn into examples for other provinces to emulate.
A Project Management Unit (PMU) will hold the fiduciary and environmental & social risk management
responsibilities of the Project. This PMU will reside in the Provincial Directorate of Multilateral and Bilateral Financing
(Dirección Provincial de Organismos Multilaterales y Financiamiento Bilateral, DPOMyFB), of the Ministry of Economy
of the Province of Buenos Aires. For this Operation, the PMU will have one professional focused on the management
of the environmental and social aspects of the Project, in addition to the support of other institutional teams like the
Provincial Indigenous Peoples Affairs Council. The DPOMyFB has experience working with World Bank Safeguards and
it's socio-environmental staff have been trained in the ESF.
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The Directorate of Subsidies (also under the Ministry of Economy of the Province of Buenos Aires) and two regulatory
agencies (the Provincial regulatory agency -OCEBA- and the national electricity regulatory agency - ENRE-) will be
responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation and for conducting the necessary studies to design an integrated proposal
regarding Social Tariffs.
The electricity distribution in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area used to be regulated under ENRE, but since January
2019 is under the orbit of the regulatory authorities of the Buenos Aires Province and in the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires (CABA). PBA and CABA have signed an agreement to create an agency to replace ENRE regulatory
competencies for distribution companies in AMBA. Thus, a new bi-partite regulatory agency will replace ENRE,
integrated by the subnational regulatory agency (Organismo de Control de la Energía Eléctrica de la Provincia de
Buenos Aires -OCEBA) and CABA who will share regulatory responsibility. Until the new agency is in place, ENRE will
continue acting as the distribution regulator.
II. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS
A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) Moderate
Environmental Risk Rating Low
This operation does not entail risks to the environment. The proposed Project will neither finance nor support any
physical intervention. No rehabilitation or construction of new infrastructure or other actions having an impact on the
environment will be financed through the Project. In this sense, the overall risks to and potential adverse impacts on
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the environment are likely to be minimal or negligible. Furthermore, the Project would entail valuable outcomes and
recommendations for decision making related to the improvement in consumption behaviors in social tariff (ST)
beneficiaries’ households (energy efficiency).
Social Risk Rating Moderate
The main environmental and social impacts associated with the Project are positive. The ST promotes efficient use of
energy together with economic savings for those that receive the benefit.
Although the scheme has eligibility criteria and requirements, there are weaknesses in the current ST system
(inclusion/exclusion errors), which could be affecting users in greater need and, in addition, leaving space for more
efficient use of the resources. Therefore, the main social risks are associated with the potential exclusion of
vulnerable people who qualify and are in most need of having access to the ST.
Each of the regulatory agencies (ENRE and OCEBA) has an own formal Grievance Mechanism (GM) in place for users
to complain if they haven’t been included or if they have been taken out of the ST roster. Under these GMs,
regulatory agencies exchange the consolidated information with SINTyS to apply the eligibility criteria, check the
consumption to apply the proportional discounts, and evaluate complaints and ST requests of users that were not
automatically selected. Currently, 18.3 percent of the ST beneficiaries (more than 250,000 cases) access the ST
benefit via complaints and other ad hoc additional assessments. This number indicates that the Project's GMs are
satisfactorily attending the grievances, complaints, questions, and suggestions it is receiving through different
channels. Nevertheless, the performance of the GM will be monitored and assessed by Project Management Unit
(PMU) under the Provincial Directorate of Multilateral and Bilateral Financing (PDMBF). on a systematic basis to
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strengthening and improving the mechanisms as necessary.
B. Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered
B.1. General Assessment
ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts
Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project:
This standard is relevant. As the financing of the subsidies component involves the disburment of funds through a
scheme of DLIs and none of the DLIs are associated to physical interventions, no environmental risk or adverse
impacts will be associated with these activities. The social tariff was introduced to mitigate the impact of subsidy
reform. Although the scheme has eligibility criteria and requirements, there are weaknesses in the current ST system
(inclusion/exclusion errors), which could be affecting users in greater need and, in addition, leaving space for the
more efficient use of the resources.
The Project will support the ST for electricity in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, by improving the
effectiveness of its general design and implementation. In particular, this Project will strengthen the institutional
capacity to apply targeting and monitoring mechanisms aimed at providing protection to vulnerable households and
small community sports clubs (SCSC) in a fiscally sustainable way.
Specifically, the TA component of the Project will aim at: a) developing the institutional scheme to manage the ST and
establishing the necessary regulations, in line with the transfer of responsibilities from the federal to the provincial
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administration; b) strengthening the management of information and the targeting mechanisms to reach poor
households; c) supporting institutional and management setting to asses eligibility of SCSC and; d) carrying out
sectorial studies to improve, inter alia, consumption behavior (energy efficiency) in ST beneficiary households and
institutional capacities at provincial regulatory agencies and at electricity distribution providers level.
These activities involve many challenges, such as inter-institutional coordination (relevant federal, provincial and
municipal agencies); participation of private companies and private or municipal cooperatives of electricity
distribution; key stakeholders’ identification and involvement in the context of the sensibility of the subject and the
management of expectations.
The DPOMyFB prepared an Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) which advanced draft will be publicly
disclosed on the Borrower’s and the Banks’s external site on June 14, 2019. The ESA includes a description of the
current scheme and institutional arrangements and identifies the most vulnerable groups. The document also
analyzes the main risks associated with exclusion/inclusion issues mentioned above and identifies key mitigation
measures including the activities to be supported by the TA in addition to a robust stakeholders engagement process
to maximizing project benefits by making sure the ST scheme leaves no one behind among the most vulnerable. The
ESSA includes an annex with an Indigenous Plan as an annex with specific actionable messures to promote the
inclusion of Indigenous Peoples. These actions are also included in the Project’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP)
and specific timing for their implementation is described in the Project’s Draft Environmental and Social Commitment
Plan (ESCP) that will be finalized during Negotiations.
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ESS10 Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure
This standard is relevant. As per the electricity tariff legal framework, consultation with the public is mandatory when
there have been changes or updates in tariff schemes. Thus, regulatory agencies involved in the Project have
experience in carrying out information disclosure and stakeholder exchange. The original ST scheme and eligibility
criteria were created in consultation the National Council of Social Policies (CNCPS).
As stated above, the TA Component will be focused on enhancing institutional arrangements required for the
implementation of the ST scheme, including: (i) the improvement of data exchange among the different public
stakeholders at the federal and provincial levels (The project will support the establishment of protocols for
information sharing across institutions), (ii) the assessment and enhancement of regulatory agencies’ grievance
mechanisms and citizen participation processes; and (iii) the enhancement and consolidation of an unified data
collection system on electricity users, including a revised targeting scheme focused on vulnerable groups (including
indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, people with disabilities, LGBTI, etc.).
The DPOMyB prepared an advanced draft of the Stakeholders Engagement Plan (SEP) that will be publicly disclosed
on the Borrower’s and the Bank’s esternal sites on June 14, 2019 to agree with different stakeholders on actions
required to achieve the objectives described above and plan for future participatory activities. SEP includes inputs
from consultations with the regulatory agencies (ENRE and OCEBA) and the Provincial Indigenous Affairs Council
(CPAI). The document also includes the commitment to carry out consultation with beneficiaries at the individual
level, but also through civil society organizations that represent different groups, with particular attention to those
representing the vulnerable groups mentioned above. It will also include further consultations with the three
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agencies that worked on the ST scheme creation (i.e. the Ministry of Energy, ENRE and SINTyS), the provincial
agencies that are connected to its implementation (i.e. the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services, OCEBA),
CAMESSA and the National Council of Social Policies. The consultation process will have additional instances during
the first three months of implementation, when It will also incorporate other key actors like service provider
companies (distributors) and consultations with representatives from community centers, small community social
clubs, and consumer associations, etc.
B.2. Specific Risks and Impacts
A brief description of the potential environmental and social risks and impacts relevant to the Project.
ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions
This standard is relevant. The Project will be mainly implemented by staff from the DPOMyFB, the Provincial
Directorate of Subsidies and the OCEBA (Government Civil Servants). It will also be implemented by some direct
workers (those working full time of the Project in the PMU) consultants and other contracted workers (i.e. those
providing non-consultant services).
Appropriate occupational health and safety measures related to the activities foreseen under the project
(administrative-related tasks in an indoor environment) will be applied. In addition, the Project will have a
consolidated Labor Grievance Mechanism available for all Project workers, with different channels to address
complaints, questions, grievances, and suggestions. This GM will be ready before Project Effectiveness.
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The applicable regulatory framework is consistent with ESS2 requirements; a summary of the applicable legislation is
presented in the ESA. All contracts will reflect appropriate labor and working conditions as per ESS2.
ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management
The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to ESS3.
ESS4 Community Health and Safety
The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to ESS4
ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement
The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to ESS5
ESS6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources
The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to ESS6.
ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities
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This standard is relevant. Argentina is a multicultural country with a notable presence of indigenous and afro-
descendants populations, and the majority of these populations live in urban areas.
Indigenous people (2.54 percent of the population) traditionally live in rural communities in the provinces of Salta,
Jujuy, Chubut, Neuquén, Tierra del Fuego, Chaco, Formosa, Santa Fe, Tucuman, and Mendoza. However, more than
80 percent of the indigenous population in Argentina lives today in urban areas, with the largest concentration living
in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. This is due to numerous factors, including new and improved access to basic
services as well as improved market opportunities.
The main challenge related to these groups is linked to the lack of reliable data and to unidentified drivers of
exclusion. For that reason, these groups will be part of the stakeholder engagement process, and relevant
recommendations that may result from their participation will inform the TA. Consultations with the CPAI have taken
place as part of Project Preparation. Further dialogue with this institution and consultations with the Indigenous
Council of the Province of Buenos Aires (CIBA) will be included in the SEP.
An Indigenous Plan was included in the ESA as an Annex. It will be validated with the CPAI before Appraisal and
consulted with other IPs representatives during the first three months of Project implementation. These specific
consultation plans are included in the SEP and both consultation and implementation of the Plan are included in the
ESCP.
ESS8 Cultural Heritage
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The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to ESS8.
ESS9 Financial Intermediaries
The Project will not involve the use of Financial Intermediaries.
C. Legal Operational Policies that Apply
OP 7.50 Projects on International Waterways No
OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas No
III. BORROWER’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP)
DELIVERABLES against MEASURES AND ACTIONs IDENTIFIED TIMELINE
ESS 1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts
Consultation of Environmental and Social Assessment with relevant stakeholders. 03/2020
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Establish an organizational structure with qualified staff to support management of E&S risks
associated to the Project within the DPOMyFB and DPSyS. Maintain as necessary throughout Project 12/2019
implementation.
Hire a social specialist to work exclusively in the environmental and social management of the Project
03/2020
within the DPSyS. Maintain it throughout the implementation of the Project.
ESS 10 Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure
Consultation and publication of the Stakeholders Engagement Plan. 03/2020
Implementation of actions included in the SEP. 12/2022
Assessment of existing grievance mechanisms. Implement any measure identified as necessary to
03/2020
consolidate them into a single GM. Update the SEP accordingly.
ESS 2 Labor and Working Conditions
Elaborate, maintain and operate an internal Labor Grievance Mechanism (LGM) for all workers related
to the Project. Implement an Internal communication campaign to make sure all workers know the 01/2020
LLGM that is available for them.
Elaborate and implement appropriate occupational health and safety measures, including appropriate
01/2020
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measures on emergency preparedness and response.
Elaborate Labor Management Procedures for the Project and implement them in a way acceptable to
01/2020
the Bank.
ESS 3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management
N/A - The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to
ESS3.
ESS 4 Community Health and Safety
N/A - The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to
ESS4.
ESS 5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement
N/A - The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to
ESS5.
ESS 6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources
N/A - The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to
ESS5.
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ESS 7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities
Carry out meaningful consultations with the Provincial Indigenous Affairs Council (CPAI) and the
03/2020
Indigenous Council of the Province of Buenos Aires (CIBA).
Review indigenous action plan in ESA based on consultations and implement it. 03/2020
Assess the need to develop and implement a grievance mechanism for indigenous people. Elaborate
03/2020
and implement it if necessary.
ESS 8 Cultural Heritage
N/A - The outcome of E&S screening did not identify any potential risks and/or impacts relevant to
ESS8.
ESS 9 Financial Intermediaries
N/A - The Project will not involve the use of Financial Intermediaries.
B.3. Reliance on Borrower’s policy, legal and institutional framework, relevant to the Project risks and impacts
Is this project being prepared for use of Borrower Framework? No
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Areas where “Use of Borrower Framework” is being considered:
The Project will not make use of the Borrower's E&S Framework but will comply with all national legal requirements.
IV. CONTACT POINTS
World Bank
Contact: Marcela Ines Salvador Title: Sr Social Protection Specialist
Telephone No: 5260+3735 / Email: msalvador@worldbank.org
Borrower/Client/Recipient
Implementing Agency(ies)
V. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
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Telephone: (202) 473-1000
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VI. APPROVAL
Task Team Leader(s): Marcela Ines Salvador
Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Valerie Hickey Cleared on 11-Jul-2019 at 10:32:54 EDT
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